911 Briefs -- Published March 27, 2013

STOCKTON - Police are looking into the possibility that one person may have been responsible for three armed business robberies that occurred over a span of about two hours Monday night in north Stockton.

By The Record

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By The Record

Posted Mar. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Mar. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - Police are looking into the possibility that one person may have been responsible for three armed business robberies that occurred over a span of about two hours Monday night in north Stockton.

No one was injured in any of the robberies, but each time, a handgun was used to commit the crimes.

"Our detectives are looking at the three robberies to determine if they are related," said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.

The first robbery occurred at 9:06 p.m. at a business in the 8000 block of West Lane. Police reported the robber entered the business, pointed a handgun at the clerk, demanded money from the register and fled on foot. He was described as a 20-year-old black man wearing dark clothing.

At 10:13 p.m., a black man 20 to 25 years old wearing a black sweatshirt entered a business in the 4700 block of Quail Lakes Drive. He robbed an employee and two patrons at gunpoint before fleeing north on Quail Lakes on foot, police said.

In the third robbery, employees were locking up a business in the 8000 block of Holman Road at 11:15 p.m. when an armed man showed up and demanded all their money, which they handed over, police said. Again, the robber fled on foot. The robber was described as a black man 18 to 20 years old standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds with a white hooded sweatshirt, a gray ski mask, dark jeans and dark shoes, police said.

STOCKTON - Two people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds following separate shootings Monday night and Tuesday morning in north and south Stockton, police said.

The first shooting occurred about 6:10 p.m. Monday near Wagner Heights Road and Hickock Drive. A 23-year-old man was confronted by two men, one who pistol-whipped the victim while the other demanded his wallet, authorities said. The victim ran away when he heard a gunshot but soon realized he had been struck, police said. The assailants were described as two black men in their 20s with dark clothing.

The second shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. Tuesday near South Sutter and East Anderson streets, authorities said. A 20-year-old woman told police she and a friend were in the area when an older-model black truck drove up and the driver shot at them, striking the woman. The shooter was described as a heavyset Latino man in his 20s standing 5 feet 9 inches tall with a red shirt and red sweat pants, police said.

STOCKTON - A man was listed in stable condition after being stabbed Tuesday afternoon at a south Stockton park, police said.

The man told authorities he was sitting on a bench at McKinley Park about 12:50 p.m. when his assailant walked up from behind and stabbed him once before fleeing east on East 8th Street on a red bicycle. The victim was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

The assailant was described as a Latino man in his 30s standing 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds, police said. He was bald with a goatee, a white T-shirt and blue jeans.